DELTA YOUTHS PROTEST AGAINST EFCC, ALLEGE ILLEGAL ARRESTS

Scores of youths in Delta State today protested against the arrest and detention of some youths in the State by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Operatives of the anti-graft agency had stormed Warri last week and reportedly arrested no fewer than 95 suspected internet fraudsters.

The suspects were reportedly nabbed at the Adesa Ughonton and Jedda axis of Warri for suspected fraudulent internet-related activities during a sting operation carried out by personnel of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the anti-graft agency on Thursday, September 29, 2022.

However, as early as 8 o’clock in the morning today, the placard-carrying protesters had besieged Effurun roundabout in the city centre, calling for the scrapping of EFCC.

The protesters alleged that operatives of the agency had virtually turned themselves into vendetta mafia.
The EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujeren, had last week stated that phones of different brands, laptops and 15 vehicles of different brands were among items recovered from the arrested suspects.

Uwujeren explained that the suspects remanded in EFCC custody would be charged to court once investigations are concluded in their respective matters.

In response to this here is Comrade JOSEPH AMAORU, a Niger Delta Affairs Analyst and political Commentator.